Astar Air Cargo
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Founded | 1969 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | June 1, 2012 | ||||||
Hubs | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Destinations | 18 | ||||||
Headquarters | Miami, Florida, United States | ||||||
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Website | www |
ASTAR Air Cargo was an American cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. Its main base was Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Kentucky, with hubs at Miami International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport.[2]
History[]
The airline was established and started operations in 1969. It was formed as DHL Worldwide Express by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn. The airline was spun off from DHL and a majority stake sold to a private investor in order to comply with federal foreign ownership laws. FedEx and UPS challenged the U.S. citizenship of DHL Airways, asserting to the Department of Transportation that DPWN exercised effective operational control of the airline.
Its two target customers continued to be DHL Worldwide Express and the United States Air Force. In 2007 DHL Express bought 49.5% of nonvoting and 24.5% of voting stock and added a member to the board of ASTAR Air Cargo.
ASTAR was owned by John Dasburg, Richard Blum and Michael Klein.
On May 28, 2008, DHL announced the plan to terminate its business relationship with ASTAR by outsourcing the air transportation to its competitor UPS. In May 2009 DHL terminated their plan to outsource to UPS and ASTAR continued operating out of DHL's CVG facility.
The company decided to shut down its cargo operations when its contract with DHL, its largest customer, was terminated abruptly effective June 1, 2012. All remaining active aircraft were put in storage.
Destinations[]
ASTAR Air Cargo operated the following freight destinations until operations were ended as of June 1, 2012:[3]
- Canada
- Hamilton, Ontario (John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport)
- Mexico
- Mexico City (Mexico City International Airport)
- United States
- Atlanta, Georgia (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport)
- Boston, Massachusetts (Logan International Airport)
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport)
- Denver, Colorado (Denver International Airport)
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Piedmont Triad International Airport)
- Houston, Texas (George Bush Intercontinental Airport)
- Harlingen, Texas (Valley International Airport)
- Memphis, Tennessee (Memphis International Airport)
- Miami, Florida (Miami International Airport)
- Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport)
- Nashville, Tennessee (Nashville International Airport)
- Newark, New Jersey (Newark Liberty International Airport)
- Orlando, Florida (Orlando International Airport)
- Saint Louis, Missouri (Lambert St. Louis International Airport)
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake City International Airport)
- Toledo, Ohio (Toledo Express Airport)
Fleet[]
The ASTAR Air Cargo fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[4][5]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Airbus A300B4-100F | 1 | 1999 | 1999 | Use for spare parts only |
Airbus A300B4-200F | 7 | 1999 | 2009 | |
Bell 206 B-2 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | |
Bell 206 L-1 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | |
Boeing 727-100F | 11 | 1984 | 2004 | |
Boeing 727-200F | 14 | 1990 | 2009 | |
Boeing 757-200APF | 1 | 1996 | 2000 | |
Convair CV-580 | 1 | 1989 | 1990 | Leased from European Air Transport |
Douglas DC-8-73CF | 5 | 1995 | 2012 | |
Douglas DC-8-73F | 5 | 1993 | 2012 | |
Learjet 35A | 1 | 1983 | 1999 | |
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner | 12 | 1984 | 1995 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 78.
- ^ "ASTAR Freight Service". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ "ASTAR Air Cargo Fleet Facts". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- ^ "Astar Air Cargo". aerobernie.bplaced.net. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
External links[]
- Official website (Link was unusable 9-9-2020.)
- ASTAR MEC ALPA Website
- Defunct cargo airlines
- Defunct companies based in Florida
- Airlines for America members
- Airlines established in 1969
- Airlines disestablished in 2012
- DHL
- Airlines based in Florida
- Defunct airlines of the United States
- Cargo airlines of the United States